Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Shot Tower, Melbourne


0807 Shot Tower, Melbourne
Originally uploaded by rooruu.
What better to have as a centrepiece in your city-centre shopping centre than a shot tower? This is at Melbourne Central, and is a very striking piece of preservation/re-use. I had seen it before, but on arriving at the atrium had one of those, aha, it's a good idea, moments. It's an interesting exercise in different architectural geometries side by side, the glass cone and the brick tower.

1 comment:

meggie said...

Strangely like some Rapunzel tower, trapped in an iron web.
Will she ever be rescued??